Tag: ISS
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Soyuz MS-09 docks with ISS; Artificial Intelligence to join crew in orbit
For the second time this year, Roscosmos launched three crewmembers towards the International Space Station. Soyuz Commander Sergei Prokopyev and fellow crewmembers Dr. Alexander Gerst and Dr. Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor launched on Soyuz MS-09 at 07:12 EDT (1112 UTC) on Wednesday, 6 June from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a two-day rendezvous with the…
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Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems aims for one year or more on-orbit Cygnus lifetime
With Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of Orbital ATK complete, the newly-formed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems will now be the division within Northrop Grumman responsible for all Cygnus missions to the International Space Station as well as the execution of the extended CRS1 and the upcoming CRS2 contracts. As part of those contracts, the company will continue…
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Three Station crewmembers return to Earth on Soyuz MS-07
After 168 days in orbit, three crewmembers of the International Space Station returned to Earth on Sunday. Soyuz MS-07 Commander Anton Shkaplerov, as well as Scott Tingle and Norishige Kanai, departed the International Space Station Sunday at 05:16 EDT (0916 UTC) ahead of landing three and a half hours later on the steppes of Kazakhstan.…
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Orbital ATK looks ahead to CRS2 Cygnus flights, Antares on the commercial market
As Orbital ATK’s OA-9E Cygnus mission continues its to-date flawless mission at the ISS, the company is looking ahead toward the commencement of the CRS2 contract flights of Cygnus beginning in 2019 as well as the first flights of an enhanced version of its Antares rocket. Orbital ATK also plans to offer Antares on the…
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OA-9 Cygnus arrives at Station, makes first use of new C2V2 radio
The OA-9 (S.S. J.R. Thompson) Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday morning. During the approach, Cygnus became the first craft to use the new Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) radio – which will be instrumental for the upcoming commercial crew vehicles. During its stay at ISS, Cygnus will hopefully perform…
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Antares launches OA-9 Cygnus to the ISS
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft began its next supply run to the International Space Station Monday, with liftoff aboard an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. Launch came at the end of a five-minute window at 04:44 Eastern Time (08:44 UTC). Monday’s launch begins the tenth flight of Cygnus, one of two US…
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Antares/Cygnus in final pre-launch processing, Range aims for improved launch security
Orbital ATK has completed rollout of its Antares rocket tasked with launching the Cygnus OA-9E cargo and science resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted one day later than originally planned on Monday, 21 May 2018 at 04:39 EDT (08:39 UTC) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island, Virginia. As…
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Dragon’s CRS-14 mission concludes with splashdown in Pacific Ocean
After 31 days of berthed operations, the CRS-14 Dragon from SpaceX wrapped up her mission to the International Space Station. Bringing back thousands of pounds of experiments and equipment for recovery, including Robonaut, the Dragon spacecraft was released from the ISS on Saturday ahead of splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja…
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Station science excellent; Commercial Cargo-2 contracts making good strides
Firmly entrenched in its utilization phase, the International Space Station is in excellent science shape, providing a stable and beneficial platform for microgravity research in Low Earth Orbit. The Station’s overall status continues to greatly outpace expectations as NASA looks to continue utilizing ISS as a science testbed for its Orion and deep space exploration…
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Dextre busy at work removing CRS-14 Dragon payloads
Just a few days after arriving at the International Space Station (ISS), humans and robots to busily removing the array of payloads from both the inside and the outside of the CRS-14 Dragon. Now berthed to Node 2, ISS crewmembers are removing packages of supplies from within the pressurized module, while the Canadian robot Dextre…